Chains & more chains

[Christian Williams]

When in doubt...

 

[Eric Gordon]

I think I recall that in one of your videos. Good Idea!

 

[Eric Gordon]

240 feet? Wow! My 30+ noticeably drops in the bow with 60 feet of chain and 200 feet of rode. Let’s have before and after pics!

The boat is definitely riding higher in her slip with the chain removed… Here’s a photo.

and here’s one before… A little hard to see

 

[Eric Gordon]

I'll be very interested in hearing how your boat handles with that removed.

I went sailing yesterday in relatively light 8 to 15 knot winds, with one to 3 foot chop and I must say firstly I felt that in those light winds, we actually sailed faster (approximately 4 1/2+ knots) than I’ve sailed on her previously.

The interesting thing was in the chop, I felt the boat went through it a lot gentler than previously, (which was a constant Rocking horse effect).

That said, I also deep-cleaned the boat interior and removed probably another 50+ pounds of vacuum, electric drills, cleaners, tools, unused oil filtering, and other assorted bric-a-brac. I even found a homemade rake, in the bow anchor locker, which was probably used to manipulate that massive amount of chain that was there.
On board now are essential tools for working on the engine and electrical along with a bunch of spare parts and things like that.

The verdict for me is that the boat sails much better than before. I am a happy camper… Or should I say happy sailor.

Now, onto the electrical.